Stater of Pheneos
CoinsGreek4th century BCE

Stater of Pheneos

370-350 BCE

Description

Obverse: Female head to r., wearing a wreath of grain stalks Maia (Demeter or possibly Kallisto, Arkas's mother). Reverse: Hermes, wearing petasos on his head, naked but for a chlamys over his shoulders, striding l. holding kerykeion in r. hand and infant Arkas in l.

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Silver
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Late
Century
4th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

11.71 g

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